Funny ??? - or a Double Standard?
Yesterday I had breakfast with some friends at a local restaurant before we went motorycycle riding. I excused myself from our table to use the restroom. As I was returning to our table, passing a lone women of about age 75 seated alone, she loudly exlaimed, "Excuse Me". With all of the respect, I was taught for my elders, I literally stopped dead in my tracks, saying, "Yes"? Without missing a beat, she said, "You have a beautiful butt"! OMG. I was flabbergasted! I didn't know how to respond so I choked out a laugh and said, "Oh my God. Um, well - thank you." But of course the deep thinker in me pondered such a surprising comment as well as my reaction. If that had been a man saying it to me, I likely would have been insulted at his audacity and forwardness, rather than being merely astonished. Isn't that, then a double-standard?